2 DIE IN 3 HOSTAGE INCIDENTS

By United Press International

Published: January 12, 1986

Three hostage incidents in three states yesterday resulted in the death of two people and the wounding of eight, the authorities said.

In Arlington, Tex., Thomas Edwards Stephens, held his wife, Patricia, hostage as he pointed a gun to her head outside store.

The police said Mr. Stephens had killed one of her co-workers, Terry Palmer, 30 years old, and wounded another, Craig Talley, 25, at a convenience store.

Mr. Stephens fatally shot himself on live television as the police talked to him by telephone.

In Miami, a man took his former wife hostage for the second time in three days, holding her six hours and wounding her brother and a police officer with a machine gun before releasing the woman and surrendering, the police said.

The police said the man Luis Alberto Gomez, 32, had been released from custody Thursday.

In Barton City, Mich., a 74-year-old man shot and wounded his wife and three deputy sheriffs. He held the woman hostage for six hours before he was wounded and captured by the police. The police identified the man as Gordon Ganfield.